Neguse, Joe

Joe Neguse

Party: Democratic

Current Title: Assistant Leader

Chamber: House of Representatives

State: Colorado

District: 2

Biography

NEGUSE, Joseph, a Representative from Colorado; born in Bakersfield, Kern County, Calif., May 13, 1984; graduated from Thunder Ridge High School, Highlands Ranch, Colo., 2002; B.A., University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo., 2005; J.D., University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo., 2009; nonprofit executive; member of the board of regents of the University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo., 2009-2015; executive director, Colorado department of regulatory agencies, 2015-2017; lawyer; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Sixteenth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2019-present); one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 2021 to conduct the impeachment proceedings of Donald J. Trump, President of the United States; assistant Democratic leader (One Hundred Eighteenth and One Hundred Nineteenth Congresses).